# I Pit "Cafe Society" people **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 8, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051 "2025-02-08T15:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/141 "2025-02-09T18:32:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > NO ketchup or mustard on grilled cheese! šŸ˜± And NO mayonnaise! Just cheese, bread, and buttered outside. Well, really! Until I read this thread, I had no idea people put any sort of condiments on grilled cheese. Thatā€™s just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/142 "2025-02-09T18:46:46Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > You donā€™t make your own sauerkraut??! The German teacher in my HS was a sour Kraut, so her parents did. > [@Ellecram](#): > > I like mayo with my hashbrowns and french fries. I had involuntary stomach contractions, you know, like hurling when I read this. _::shudder::_ > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > If so, the Amish and Mennonites are kinkier than we realized. Why do you think they have so many kids? W/o Netflix, they just chill > [@Tibby](#): > > Indeed, scolding people about which ingredients they do or donā€™t put on a sandwich is both silly and annoyingly pedantic. That said, Philly cheesesteaks are the lone exception. They must be made according to strict tradition: an authentic Amoroso roll, paper-thin shaved ribeye, **Cooper Sharp cheese** , and fried onionsā€”no substitutions, no frivolous extras. Anyone who dares violate these sacred guidelines should be drawn and quartered, with each quarter exiled to a different corner of the globe for their culinary crime. Huh? WTF??? Iā€™ve never even _heard_ of one with that on it! Whiz, Provolone or American are the only options they even have at a good steak placeā€¦& I prefer mine ā€˜widoutā€™. So my only question is can we hang you before we draw & quarter you? > [@LSLGuy](#): > > ETA: ref @Just_Asking_Questions just below: Ketchup is _perfect_ on grilled cheese. And on patty melts. **Neither sandwich is complete wo ketchup. Lots & lots of ketchup**. > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Mustard: obviously the superior condiment, substituting flavor for sweetness and grease. Others have their place, **but every sandwich needs mustard** **LSLGuy** , you could learn a lot from a Dork > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What is an Amoroso roll and where do I get one? Ok, googling tells me itā€™s a brand from Philadelphia. I wonder if it is available in Texas. I will keep looking. I believe they do ship 'em - [Amorosoā€™s website](https://Amorososbaking.com) > [@Czarcasm](#): > > For the same reason we donā€™t dip the sandwich in Yuengling Lager. But it can be washed down with a Lager (no ā€œYeunglingā€ necessary as ā€œLagerā€ _means_ Yeungling Lager) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/143 "2025-02-09T18:47:21Z")
I like ketchup with my grilled cheez sammich. So there! > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > He has probably sobered up by now. Probably making himself a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/144 "2025-02-09T18:56:14Z")
Sometimes a slice of tomato on grilled cheese is what I want. Occasionally Iā€™ll dip it in yellow mustard but never ketchup. Ketchup is for fried egg sandwiches, FF, hotdogs and hamburgs, meatloaf and chx nuggets. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/145 "2025-02-09T19:00:33Z")
This stuff was made in New York City?!!? [(Cow replies: Animal!!)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCJgvmOlKg8) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/146 "2025-02-09T19:04:47Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Well, really! Until I read this thread, I had no idea people put any sort of condiments on grilled cheese. Thatā€™s just wrong. You donā€™t put condiments in or on a grilled cheese. Or in/on a patty melt for that matter. You do however dunk the biting edge in a puddle of ketchup. Dunk, bite, dunk, bite, dunk, ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/147 "2025-02-09T19:09:07Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Peopleā€™s reactions are similar too: whatever they grew up eating is normal and the other stuff is weird. I grew up with MIracle Whip and margarine. šŸ¤® Havenā€™t intentionally had either in over 30 years. > [@GIGObuster](#): > > This stuff was made in New York City?!!? Get a rope. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/148 "2025-02-09T19:11:40Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > You donā€™t put condiments in or on a grilled cheese. Or in/on a patty melt for that matter. Really? Thatā€™s not what this guy said: > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Ketchup is _perfect_ on grilled cheese. And on patty melts. Neither sandwich is complete wo ketchup. Lots & lots of ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/149 "2025-02-09T19:22:31Z")
Did you read the next sentence of my 2nd post you quoted first? The ketchup is for dipping. Which results in it being **on** the sandwich bite going into your face. Not **in** it. You have a point that I spoke of results the first time, only adding the process details the second time around. Sorry to confuse, but this isnā€™t a recipe thread (yet) and I wasnā€™t being detailed the first time. Oops on me. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/150 "2025-02-09T19:43:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Iā€™m not someone who has to use the ā€œbestā€ frying pan or the ā€œbestā€ canned tomatoes. But it is nice to hear them in effect skewer the idea of ā€œbestā€ in the first place, and do so very matter-of-factly. What I like is the commentary like ā€œMost testers preferred a curved handle on saute pans becauseā€¦ā€ Thatā€™s the sort of thing I might not consider or if I did, Iā€™d just wonder why some were curved and some were straight. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/151 "2025-02-09T19:45:02Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Sorry to confuse, but this isnā€™t a recipe thread (yet) and I wasnā€™t being detailed the first time. No worries. I wonā€™t put ketchup **on** my grilled cheese, nor will I dip my grilled cheese **in** ketchup! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/152 "2025-02-09T19:51:45Z")
But as **chela** mentioned, a thin slice of tomato or two can set it off nicely. I dip mine in 1000 Island. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/153 "2025-02-09T19:53:30Z")
Heresy! Burn them! [j/k] ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/154 "2025-02-09T19:57:12Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@Railer13](#): > > > > Well, really! Until I read this thread, I had no idea people put any sort of condiments on grilled cheese. Thatā€™s just wrong. > > You donā€™t put condiments in or on a grilled cheese. Or in/on a patty melt for that matter. > > You do however dunk the biting edge in a puddle of ketchup. Dunk, bite, dunk, bite, dunk, ā€¦ Apparently I had misunderstood you, my dear fellow, although I held back my criticism. I now see that you are, of course, completely correct. I would object to having anything other than cheese and butter on a grilled cheese sandwich, but the ketchup-dipping is, of course, _de rigeuer_! ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/155 "2025-02-09T20:16:29Z")
Okay, back to those reubens for a secondā€¦ When I was a kid, I loved reubens, just not with thousand island, so I would ask for them with deli mustard, rather than the spread. Far better sandwich, in my opinion, even if not entirely traditional. These days, I usually order the thousand island on the side in case I want to do a little dipping. I think it stems from a trip we made one time. While at Oā€™Hare airport, I was hungry and the place we were at had cold, pre-made reubens. There was nobody around to heat it up so I just ate it cold and it was delicious. There was no thousand island, just mustard. To this day, Iā€™ll ocassionally make a cold reuben for nostalgia sake. And ketchup should never be anywhere near a grilled cheese sandwich. If you want the taste of tomatoes, have the sandwich with tomato soup like God intended. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/156 "2025-02-09T20:22:08Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > have the sandwich with tomato soup like God intended. In this country, God doesnā€™t get a say. The Gatsby, an incredibly unhealthy meal of bread, french fries, meat and cheese. [https://www.reddit.com/r/52weeksofcooking/s/vU1Ud1bFWb](https://www.reddit.com/r/52weeksofcooking/s/vU1Ud1bFWb) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/157 "2025-02-09T20:22:25Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > > [@Railer13](#): > > > > > > Well, really! Until I read this thread, I had no idea people put any sort of condiments on grilled cheese. Thatā€™s just wrong. > > > > You donā€™t put condiments in or on a grilled cheese. Or in/on a patty melt for that matter. > > > > You do however dunk the biting edge in a puddle of ketchup. Dunk, bite, dunk, bite, dunk, ā€¦ > > Apparently I had misunderstood you, my dear fellow, although I held back my criticism. I now see that you are, of course, completely correct. I would object to having anything other than cheese and butter on a grilled cheese sandwich, but the ketchup-dipping is, of course, _de rigeuer_! If you have a bowl of hot tomato soup available, I suppose you can dispense with the ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/158 "2025-02-09T20:31:26Z")
Americas Test Kitchen is saturating the airwavesā€¦ My PBS station has 5 sub channels, and sometimes that show is on 3 channels at the same time. Their stupid, weak little chuckles and ā€œOh Julia, that has chocolateā€ā€¦ ā€œoh! sorry about thatā€¦teee heeeā€ fake ass banter is just junk. Why do they have an audience for those ā€œtastingā€ segments? ā€œOh did you get tickets for the ATK frozen broccoli tastingā€¦? No, but I saw the brand they recommended! I can make beef & broccoli w/out criticism nowā€¦!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/159 "2025-02-09T20:32:26Z")
Iā€™m choppin broccoli ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/160 "2025-02-09T20:34:45Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > Hereā€™s the thing So let me get this straight. Youā€™re just now noticing _some_ television is garbage? Hint, Pal: itā€™s _all_ garbage. Has been for a very long time. Not sure which rock youā€™ve been hiding under, but there it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051.md?page=9)